Drinking game

There is a drinking game associated with Withnail & I.[21] The game consists of keeping up, drink for drink, with each alcoholic substance consumed by Withnail over the course of the film.[22] All told, Withnail is shown drinking roughly nine and a half glasses of red wine, half a pint of cider, one shot of lighter fluid (vinegar or overproof rum are common substitutes), two and a half shots of gin, six glasses of sherry, thirteen glasses of whisky and half a pint of ale. It may be presumed that this quantity of alcohol, if consumed during the course of the film, would prove fatal.[23]